Clerical Assistant | C&K Salisbury Community Kindergarten

Clerical Assistant – C&K Salisbury Community Kindergarten

• Administration Clerical role
• Permanent Part Time position
• Working 4 hours per week
• Day can be negotiated to suit the right candidate

About the role:
C&K Salisbury Community Kindergarten, has a position for an experienced Clerical/Administration Assistant to join the Kindergarten on a Part time basis. Within this role we are also looking for someone who is currently in the Early Childhood Education and Care sector, either working as an educator or clerical, however this is not essential for this position.

At our C&K Salisbury Community Kindergarten, your role is to support the Director and the Kindergarten with administration and financial matter; such as creating and maintaining child enrolment records and waitlist information, collecting data for QLD Kindergarten Funding Scheme (QKFS) validation and application of Health Care Card subsidies, retaining accurate attendance records for children and generate child data reports, file maintenance and archiving as well as other administrative duties as needed.

Ideally you will be flexible and have great organisatioal and time management skills, flexible and willing to support the Kindergarten with open day events, community events and other administrative duties for the educators and service when required.

As the Clerical you will be a part of a Kindergarten that has been a proud member of the Longreach community for several years.

You will be required to work Thursdays (day can be negotiated to suit the right candidate), 4 hours each day.

Ideal applicants will have:

• Qualification in business administration or related course is preferred but not essential
• Hold Certificate 3 in Early Childhood Education and Care or currently enrolled and studying towards desirable
• Previous experience in a similar role as a clerical or Educator
• Previous experience with Kidsoft desirable
• Hold or willing to obtain a Paid Blue card (working with children check)
• Proven well developed written, verbal, interpersonal communication and presentation skills coupled with a strong customer service focus
• Demonstrated high level of organisational and time management skills
• Ability to maintain a very high level of confidentiality and integrity
• Be approachable amongst the community of families, children and employees

The benefits:

As an administration clerical at the centre, you will be given training and support to assist you with your onboarding.

As well as;

• Beautiful natural working and learning environments
• Extra hours as an educator if you are qualified
• Work for one of Queensland’s leading early education not-for-profit providers
• Career progression opportunities
• C&K pays for our permanent staff to have a paid blue card and renewals
• Build your networks through C&K in the Early Childhood sector
• Feel connected through regular C&K updates, use of online systems, access to policies and procedures and online learning
• Feeling connected through your community
• Professional development and training opportunities
• Salary packaging options & above award wage
• Priority access for your children’s care to C&K childcare and Kindergarten services

About C&K:

C&K is proud to be the largest and longest established provider of community-based early childhood education and care services in Queensland.  Working at C&K you will have access to many benefits including, but not limited to, above-award wages, salary packaging options, priority access to C&K childcare and kindergarten centres and access to study through our C&K College.  

C&K is committed to an inclusive workforce and we strongly encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and people from culturally-diverse backgrounds.  

Please be aware that the Queensland Government’s COVID-19 Vaccination Requirements for Workers in a high-risk setting Direction requires all workers who enter, work in, or provide services in an early childhood education and care setting to be fully vaccinated for COVID-19.  This Direction applies to C&K. 

All C&K employees are required to undergo background checks which includes police checks.

Please note the advertising closing date is indicative only. C&K reserve the right to close the advertisement before this date is reached. Therefore, it is encouraged that you submit your application as soon as possible.